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Listen : A History of Our Ears by Jean-Luc Nancy, Charlotte Mandell (translation) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Listen : A History of Our Ears about?
In this intimate meditation on listening, Peter Szendy examines what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the centuries. The role of the composer is clear, as is the role of the musician, but where exactly does the listener stand in relation to the music s/he listens to? What is the responsibility of the listener? Does a listener have any rights, as the author and composer have copyright? Szendy explains his love of musical arrangement (since arrangements allow him to listen to someone listening to music), and wonders whether it is possible in other ways to convey to others how w.;Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1 Author's Rights, Listener's Rights (Journal of Our Ancestors); CHAPTER 2 Writing Our Listenings: Arrangement, Translation, Criticism; CHAPTER 3 Our Instruments for Listening Before the Law (Second Journal Entry); CHAPTER 4 Listening (to Listening): The Making of the Modern Ear; EPILOGUE Plastic Listening; NOTES.
Who reads Listen : A History of Our Ears?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jean-Luc Nancy, Charlotte Mandell (translation)
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780823237883
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, History, Music
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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